Director of Student Leadership

The Director of Student Leadership provides vision, structure, and oversight for the student leadership ecosystem at Highlands College. This role is responsible for designing and implementing a clear, scalable leadership pathway that equips students—particularly upperclassmen—to lead, serve, and influence others with integrity, discipline, service, and excellence.

Serving as both architect and mobilizer, this leader develops standardized leadership opportunities across campus while activating students to serve through Student Leadership Teams, Student Council, mentorship, outreach initiatives, and institutional events.

This role ensures students are intentionally trained, equipped, accountable, and actively contributing to the culture and mission of Highlands College.

• Architect and implement a clear, multi-year student leadership development pathway.
• Recruit, train, and support student leaders across all leadership environments.
• Standardize leadership structures, expectations, and accountability across departments.
• Equip students to lead through service, mentorship, and influence.
• Develop and maintain leadership training, resources, and development opportunities.
• Ensure students serving in leadership roles are trained, supported, and held accountable.
• Track and report student leadership engagement, participation, and ministry training hours.
• Partner with Character Formation leadership to strengthen student leadership culture and alignment.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with campus departments to ensure leadership opportunities are integrated and effective.
• Identify gaps and proactively develop new leadership opportunities to support student growth and institutional needs.

• Student Leadership Teams.
• Develop and oversee structured Student Leadership Team pathways that support Highlands College departments.
• Partner with departmental leaders to build strong student leadership pipelines that enhance execution, ownership, and campus culture.
• Student Council.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and oversight for Student Council officers and pillar representatives. Ensure student leaders represent the student body while reinforcing institutional priorities, alignment, and culture.
• Upperclassmen Leadership Opportunities.
• Design and manage intentional leadership roles for upperclassmen that provide meaningful opportunities to lead, mentor, and contribute to the student experience while gaining ministry training hours.
• Mentorship Programming.
• Develop and oversee a structured mentorship model that connects upperclassmen and underclassmen.
• Ensure mentorship relationships are intentional, consistent, and aligned with Character Formation outcomes.
• Character Formation Summer Serve.
• Oversee recruitment, placement, and development of Character Formation summer serve opportunities.
• Ensure students gain meaningful leadership and ministry experience while supporting departmental initiatives.
• Student Serve & Initiatives/Events.
• Mobilize and coordinate students to serve across key Highlands College initiatives and Character Formation events, including campus life, outreach opportunities, Expedition, and the HC Half Marathon.
• Church Partnership Opportunities.
• Collaborate with the Church Life Team to align student leadership and service opportunities within church ministry environments, ensuring continuity between Highlands College and Church of the Highlands.

• Participate in ministry at Church of the Highlands and Highlands College by leading small groups.
• Affirm and uphold the Statement of Faith and the Core Values and DNA of the College, exemplifying all by word and lifestyle.
• Support other areas of the Character Formation department as…